Applicator



June 23, '1925. 1,543,629

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Patented June 23, 1925.

FRANK E. TAYLOR, OF BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA.

APPLICATOR.

Application filed August 18, 1922. Serial No. 582,709.

1 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at, Broken Bow, in the county of (luster and State of Nebraska,have invented new and useful Improvements in Applicators, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to surgical appliances, and has for its objectthe provision of a novel device designed to contain a medicament and tobe inserted within the rectum for the purpose of treating hemorrhoids,commonly known as piles.

An important objectis the provision of a device of this character whichis so constructed that it may be inserted without pain and be left inplace for considerable periods of time without discomfort, theconstruction being such that the sphincter muscle will operate toprevent displacement, means being also provided for pre venting thedevice from being inserted too far.

An additional object is the provisionJof a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly etlieient inuse and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in the details of consruction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illus trated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the preferred form of the device,

Figure 2 is a cross section and Figure 3 is a side view of a modifiedform.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have shown my device ascomprising an elongated body which is substantially cigar shaped, thatis, tapered toward both ends. The cross sectional configuration of thisbody is circular and the size is optional. In actual practice the devicewould probably be constructed and sold commercially in different sizes.Any suitable material may be employed as I wish no limitation in thisrespect. One end of the body is formed with a neck 11 which is greatlyconstricted and which terminates, as shown in Figure 1 and 2, in a fiatdisk 12 which will operate to prevent the device from being inserted toofar. Throughout its area the body 10 is formed with recesses 13 designedto be filled with any suitable salve or other medicament eificacious forthe treatment of the ailment specified. The shape of these recesses andthe depth may vary as desired.

In Figure 3, I have shown a slight modification in which the flat disk12 is replaced by a head 14: which serves as'a finger grip to facilitatehandling and which is provided with a hole 15 whereby the device may besuspended when not in use.

The use of the device is of course obvious inasmuch as it is merelyinserted into the rectum as far as it will go, the disk 12 or the head14, as the case may be limiting penetration. The medicament containedwithin the recesses 13 will melt at body temperature and consequentlycover the affected parts so that healing will be rapid.

Vhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the in vention or the scope of thesubjoined claim.

I claim:

in applicator of (l e chara :ter described con'iprising an elongatedsolid body tapered from its center toward both ends and curvedthroughout its length, said body being circular in cross section atevery point, the body being furthermore provided with a plurality ofrecesses distributed throughout its area and arranged in rows with therecesses in one longitudinal row staggered with respect to those inadjacent longitu dinal rows, one end of the body being formed with anelongated stem adapted to be gripped by the sphincter muscle forretaining the device in operative position within the rectum, and saidstem terminating in a flat button preventing insertion of the device toan excessive distance and also serving as a handle for effectingremoval.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK E. TAYLOR.

